Telegram-herald., 1887-06-12
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position tA4t mars fhza a nail.io1.
isAiafs sss ssessiag taxaff0a Al Sr~f
tasre sers aaaas ~no considered tAs Mayor
hs1d si21sd shs Egare too high, bas tne re-
sais shoss quite tie eoatrsry. Ar. Nestsr
sntsred into ths sork OF discovering sa3
lsfins TIE hidden sssith Of Narqussts In
: uAAnhsr test shossd as gaszat Baslnsss
ue1n the st2Ft, .n4 his s1 rts have bssa
soiS Seconded ~ The gentlsnasa oosa-
prislnx tee B0ari of Review. The Rasra
s<s IA s<szl0n week ard sorse
81 tAs scenes we're extremely ludierous
oofnsnos he people were unaccastoaasd 10
sas nsa order Of things, and they Easlled 20
tIle eoloell chamber IN response 10 the no.
tee thst their personal taxes hai hesa
raised. each sna ali determined 10 sAos
cause sny ne had been terribly oyerratsd.
snd al the same tine 10 siFe the board
piece OF bis mind. Many were Al a loss 10
aceonat Tor the apparent treason OF tie As
ssssof. Who had for years forzogtea them |
entirely. or touched them 50 Light in bis /
annual estimates" taat they hsa really |
Come 20 LOOK upon the advent OF the tax. /
sathsier a. visit OF pleasure rather than
business
About the FIRST exclamation which greet
ed iae new Mayor. as the irate taxpayers
came IA 20 swear on their taxes vas
why, Mr.. Mayor. ! amt worth half a.
"a ecn sc that. It's shame TO tax NV lit
lie property like that. / won't stsnd il"
etc, 10 all OF which the memorable Mayor |
would smilingly respond. BE sworn.
please They would stand up, take the
oath, and under the keen questioning ofthe
Mayor own up Ike little men and 60 away
eellns that somehow o. other, although |
hey were assessed three or four times more
'nan they thought t1ey were worth when
hey came IN. they still felt that the MAYOR
had conferred personal favor upon them
70 quietly aud aifably did he reach down
nto the dusty archives of their treasure
roves and bring TO light bonds, mortgages.
ioies and bank securities, which have |
ong been forgotten. After the first two |
iays the city got pretty well woke up to |
he fact that Tim was about right. Those |
ho had confessed suddenly remembsred .
nousaads OF dollars that certain neighbors
'ossessed. and the pointers which they
ffered 20 the Board was OF incslculable
ervice % that body in its further delibers-
Ions. The little bitterness engendered in
be nrst day or two soon gave way 10 can. |
ID reason, and all caught the spirit of the L
iovement, until today there cannot be | y
'und man who does not honor and de- |
nd the Mayor in his great reform move
lent.
Dozens OF instances might be cited to
low how systematically the citv has
zen robbed of its just due in the past b
hich the following figures will serve TO I,
Iustraie: Five men who lsst year paid a u
tai personal tax on $4,000 are today paw :.
q personal tax on sl57, $40; twelve Others h
hose personal valuations for last wear ag- Al
egated- less than $1,000, are today happy r.
the possession OF SI59. $50 worth of per n
nat property, as proved by the revised q
sessment roll. The total assessed vaIua- cs